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Around the year 1800, at "Plaza Mayor", now "Plaza de la Paz", the last touches were made to possibly the most notable domestic work of Architecture in Mexico, known throughout a large part of the 19th century and the beginning of this century as "Casa" or "Palacio de Otero", being the surname of the family that lived there. Although it is not known for certain who the author was of such important work, since the second half of the 19th century it was attributed to the architect, Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras.
The building consists of a stonework Façade, made up of two stories; the main doorway and four lateral openings are found on the first floor, and the second floor has five window openings with a balcony running along the length thereof, supported along a length of metopes and triglyphs; the central window is finished with a curved gable and the side windows are finished with a triangular gable. The parament with wainscot and geometric ornamentation is supported by grooved ionic pilasters, with the central pilaster being highlighted with a gable bearing the coat of arms of the Rul family.
The house accommodates the offices of the First Collegiate Court of the Sixteenth Circuit of the Federal Court
System. Baron Alejandro de Humboldt, who spoke highly of the building, lodged there in 1803. The building is
considered to
be one of the most pure examples of the neoclassic style in Mexico.

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